Prep cards cause stir

8:46 PM,
Aug. 21, 2013

Written by

David Leon Moore
USA Today

When Cody Kessler, a redshirt sophomore quarterback battling for the starter's job at Southern California, was invited to play in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl - an all-star prep football game for top recruits - he remembers being asked for his autograph by the company producing his commemorative trading card.

"We get to the site, and (signing autograph sheets) is one of the first things we do," Kessler said. "We sign like 200 in a row. I didn't think twice about it. You just sit down and sign autographs. I thought it was going to the soldiers or something like that."